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defund npr. have the federal government overrule gay marriage in washington, d.c., and of course, make abortion super difficult to get, even if you have to do it by raising taxes. the republican party post bush and post mccain has settled on an image that is small government, that has libertarian talking points at least, but that is now how they are acting. it is not what they are doing in politics. there's a great sort of ideological wobbliness at the heart of the republican politics right now which is that they want to convince the country they are small government, small c conservatives, but at the same time they are unwilling to give up social ly conservative aims through big intrusive government politics. if you're all for small government, state rights, local control, you wouldn't want the federal government to be wading in to overthrow a decision that d.c. made for itself about gay marriage, would you? if you believe in small government and individual liberty, the idea the government would
defund npr. have the federal government overrule gay marriage in washington, d.c., and of course, make abortion super difficult to get, even if you have to do it by raising taxes. the republican party post bush and post mccain has settled on an image that is small government, that has libertarian talking points at least, but that is now how they are acting. it is not what they are doing in politics. there's a great sort of ideological wobbliness at the heart of the republican politics right now...
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the senate considering a bill to take tax money away from npr and tpb, that's the subject of this evening's talking points memo. as the battle between conservatives and liberals over government spending continues to range, writing in the "wall street journal," senator demanipulate cites the following, the president amertis of npr received more than $1.2 million in 2008. the head of the sesame workshop paid close to a million bucks a year. that's private money. that shows you the earning power of sesame street. pbs president, $632,000 in annual compensation in 08. and the list goes on and on. senator demint points out that the sesame street operation alone made $211 million. $211 million in three years! from toy and product sales. why on earth is the taxpayer subsidizing it? sesame street can carry them. corporations public broadcasting getting $420 million this year. president obama wants to give them another 130 million next year. two words. not needed! in the house, a bill to defund planned parenthood gets $360 million a year is passed. bad news for the president of planned parenthood. he
the senate considering a bill to take tax money away from npr and tpb, that's the subject of this evening's talking points memo. as the battle between conservatives and liberals over government spending continues to range, writing in the "wall street journal," senator demanipulate cites the following, the president amertis of npr received more than $1.2 million in 2008. the head of the sesame workshop paid close to a million bucks a year. that's private money. that shows you the...
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an npr report that brought harold camping to our attention points out that he's been wrong about this kind of thing before. he actually predicted in a book entitled "1994?" that the world would end in 1994. when it didn't, instead of moving on to something easier like predicting the weather or outcomes of elections like i do, he went back to recalculating when the end of the world would come. mr. camping says he found the clues to our real expiration date in the book of jeremiah a book of the bible he had for some reason neglected to study when he made his erroneous 1994 prediction. this would all be laughably ig noeshl if no one was taking mr. camping seriously, but people are taking him seriously. too many people are actually taking him seriously. npr found a new jersey accountant who said he stopped thinking about his 401ç k becae he knows the world is going to end on may 21st. and a pregnant woman with a 2-year-old daughter whose second child is due in june after it be end of the world who with her husband is spending the last of her savings, every dollar so that they will be ab
an npr report that brought harold camping to our attention points out that he's been wrong about this kind of thing before. he actually predicted in a book entitled "1994?" that the world would end in 1994. when it didn't, instead of moving on to something easier like predicting the weather or outcomes of elections like i do, he went back to recalculating when the end of the world would come. mr. camping says he found the clues to our real expiration date in the book of jeremiah a...
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i know npr wouldn't like that. that is totalitarian, you cannot say certain things at npr and juan did, and that's what happened there, mary katharine. >> i think it became such a silly display. that's where if you follow this stuff to it's ridiculous conclusion you end up with that situation. it's fine to be sensitive and not prejudge people and to be polite and kind and open to new experiences. all that is fine and good and liberal. and i do it. but, you know, it just became this thing where she is defending an organization that has like 86% white male affluent like leaders or listenership and it became this ridiculous thing. >> bill: right. >> the irony did not reach anybody. >> bill: now we have t.l.'s. next time i say t.l.'s i want everybody to know what that. >> we have got it covered. if she had grown up in a tough black neighborhood, maybe i would listen to her. all she has grown up in is a t.l. narbled. that's all she has grown up in. >> bill: juan williams and mary katharine ham. when we come right back,
i know npr wouldn't like that. that is totalitarian, you cannot say certain things at npr and juan did, and that's what happened there, mary katharine. >> i think it became such a silly display. that's where if you follow this stuff to it's ridiculous conclusion you end up with that situation. it's fine to be sensitive and not prejudge people and to be polite and kind and open to new experiences. all that is fine and good and liberal. and i do it. but, you know, it just became this thing...
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npr gets $3 million. it gets $3 million. >> again n this economy, the numbers are all over the place. in this climate, everybody has to make cuts somewhere, is this a logical place? they can survive without those public things. >> no, it's not a logical place. >> should they be immune? >> if noel and republicans want to fire big bird and want to fire el mo, more power to them 'cause jim demint in washington may like that, but molly swing voter in ohio isn't going to like it. >> your children in the studio have ear must muffs over their s because they don't like that. but should they be immune? >> no, they should not be. everyone must cut. this is a time to cut, to pull together as americans and make this debt go down. people are tired of it. jobless rate, foreclosures. big bird and kermit, i'm sorry. they're going to have to make a cut. >> nobody is saying they haven't made a cut. they've had to raise a lot more money on this own. but what this really is, republicans want to defund public broadcasting bec
npr gets $3 million. it gets $3 million. >> again n this economy, the numbers are all over the place. in this climate, everybody has to make cuts somewhere, is this a logical place? they can survive without those public things. >> no, it's not a logical place. >> should they be immune? >> if noel and republicans want to fire big bird and want to fire el mo, more power to them 'cause jim demint in washington may like that, but molly swing voter in ohio isn't going to like...
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this is from npr. house minority leader nancy pelosi -- a differen a group of house leaders will get together and look at this. what do you think may come out of that? because john boehner says he is moving forward does not guarantee an outcome. guest: the voters will call around the office. the speaker does not go to a group to make a decision about what he is going to do. be a 3-2ructured to be3 a- vote. we can guess what the outcome will be. guest: all three members of the republican side said they would call for intervention, making it clear that they have at least three votes on that panel. host: speaker john boehner says he will move forward. guest: perhaps the democrats will make angry statement, but i do not think it will be much of a process. guest: once this gets underway, there are at least nine cases that we have been made aware of in the justice department -- a role in this. it could mean that the house spent a great deal of taxpayer dollars defending this issue. [unintelligible] they coul
this is from npr. house minority leader nancy pelosi -- a differen a group of house leaders will get together and look at this. what do you think may come out of that? because john boehner says he is moving forward does not guarantee an outcome. guest: the voters will call around the office. the speaker does not go to a group to make a decision about what he is going to do. be a 3-2ructured to be3 a- vote. we can guess what the outcome will be. guest: all three members of the republican side...
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agree, i would have liked to see the house of representatives dealing with this rather than defunding npr last week, but i don't think the president had a lot of other options. and also, there have to be values that guide when we get involved in military engagements and i think the president articulated them perfectly tonight. >> the president said some nations may be able to turn a blind eye to atrocities in our countries, the united states of america is different and as president i refuse to wait for the images of slaughter and mass graves before taking action. >> wel shid. ge he said iraq had weapons of mass destruction. so here we are, $3 trillion later for the long term cost of the war, deaths of thousands of troops, deaths to millions of iraqis, civilians died as a result of the conflict, and we've got to be careful about slipping into these wars, and not even to get into the issue for too long of can we afford it, can we trash our domestic agenda when the pentagon is already taking over 50% of discretionary spending of the united states and we are paying 25% of the bill for nato? a
agree, i would have liked to see the house of representatives dealing with this rather than defunding npr last week, but i don't think the president had a lot of other options. and also, there have to be values that guide when we get involved in military engagements and i think the president articulated them perfectly tonight. >> the president said some nations may be able to turn a blind eye to atrocities in our countries, the united states of america is different and as president i...
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the npr. cokie is a long-time employee for npr. this was not a good week. james o'keefe did a sting operation and caught the now former director saying disparaging things. he's gone. the ceo, vivian schiller is gone. toward the end of this week, this video was released. this fictitious donor said he was working with a group affiliated with the muslim brotherhood. >> are you saying the npr could shield us from an audit. is hat the case? >> i think that is the case. i can check. ? why should we care? >> i should say, that they did then reject that money, and sent internal e-mails saying this is totally unacceptable. we have to have tax forms, all of that. that should be stated. but, look, we should care because 34 million people listen every week and want to get the news that you get there, that you can't get any place else. npr has 17 foreign bureaus. you can't say that for any other organization these days. brings you terrific information day in and day out, week in and week out. the report ers on the line, beig shot at right now, are being badly served by
the npr. cokie is a long-time employee for npr. this was not a good week. james o'keefe did a sting operation and caught the now former director saying disparaging things. he's gone. the ceo, vivian schiller is gone. toward the end of this week, this video was released. this fictitious donor said he was working with a group affiliated with the muslim brotherhood. >> are you saying the npr could shield us from an audit. is hat the case? >> i think that is the case. i can check. ? why...
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npr was a shining light above that. npr was pacifica. they were yelling even louder, these were lies, these were lies. if they take this media away from us, we're doomed to be controlled by the same people who brought us adolf hitler and his gang. host: the u.s. house votes today on whether to end funding for npr. what do you think? caller: taxpayers would be better served if we donated the money to c-span. they come the closest, in my opinion, for being unbiased. people can listen to you all and make up our own minds. host: fond du lac, wisconsin. we do not take taxpayer money here, for the record. caller: i will make the short and sweet. 1 1/2 minutes. unlike other callers, i like to listen to all media. npr is one of the great ones. they have some great entertainment. one thing i recall -- all media back in 1995 -- bill clinton gave china most favored nation status, opening the door to all of our businesses going over there. bush had nothing to do with losing our jobs. i have heard that on npr, fox, all the others. i say give them as
npr was a shining light above that. npr was pacifica. they were yelling even louder, these were lies, these were lies. if they take this media away from us, we're doomed to be controlled by the same people who brought us adolf hitler and his gang. host: the u.s. house votes today on whether to end funding for npr. what do you think? caller: taxpayers would be better served if we donated the money to c-span. they come the closest, in my opinion, for being unbiased. people can listen to you all...
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it is similar to the npr policy. we cribbed our common policy from npr and it worked out pretty well. there have not been problems. >> i wanted to see whether this project is being used by the traditional media locally. if i was a reporter watching this in the "boston globe" newsroom, how could i find out more about this? what is the title of the case? who are the lawyers? is there anything on the site that would do that? >> it is an interesting question. when we were planning this, we thought the lowest hanging fruit would be to post the docket, what each case was. we have not been able to crack the state court data base to provide something that is usable. there is a lot of sensitivity about posting the names of those accused. they are accused. as we all know, nothing this appears on the web. if someone was wrongly accused of x and he applies for a job as a national journal and day maybe he would not get that job. it has not been fully resolved. it is an incredibly blunt instrument right now. there is no tagging th
it is similar to the npr policy. we cribbed our common policy from npr and it worked out pretty well. there have not been problems. >> i wanted to see whether this project is being used by the traditional media locally. if i was a reporter watching this in the "boston globe" newsroom, how could i find out more about this? what is the title of the case? who are the lawyers? is there anything on the site that would do that? >> it is an interesting question. when we were...
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explaining npr to the listeners, the listeners to npr. i came to learn that what we have is a very fractured media. people listen, read, watch the their own personal beliefs. so what they see as biased is that you are not on my side. you're not advocating for me. and that is not paroled the news media. i think it is a speech is complete. -- specious complaint. i got to complaints about a story. once said that it was national palestinian radio and the other said it was about pays for the israeli military. >> that is a diversity news media. a lot of people agree with the bias, you did not come out on my side. and what we have had with the rise of cable and the internet, and fox news takes a lot of the credit and blame for this, a sizable number of people only go to news outlets that preach to the choir, they reinforce their views. you have people who go to fox in drudge websites. now we've had it: on the left with msnbc, which was going nowhere for most of its existence, and found its niche as a last alternative. urginglerf -- left alternat
explaining npr to the listeners, the listeners to npr. i came to learn that what we have is a very fractured media. people listen, read, watch the their own personal beliefs. so what they see as biased is that you are not on my side. you're not advocating for me. and that is not paroled the news media. i think it is a speech is complete. -- specious complaint. i got to complaints about a story. once said that it was national palestinian radio and the other said it was about pays for the israeli...
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with servicing the debt and, many tea partiers and many americans think we can cut out spending on npr and arts funding and foreign aid and that will take care of the debt problem and that is less than 1% of the budget, you have to cut the programs americans don't touched and the democrats keep swearing, oh, we'll never touch medicare and social security, well then we'll have debts and, deficits as far that's eye can see. >> michelle bachmann said she doesn't think we have to raise the debt ceiling. what are your thoughts. >> i'm very interested in the, because it doesn't make any sense. we have enough revenue coming in from the taxes, month-to-month, week-to-week, to service the national debt and pay social security, and medicare and medicaid. so i don't understand why our rating would go down unless the ratings agencies are trying to suck up to the democrats, on the other hand, i have seen some economists say, yes, it will lower our debt rating and will make -- it doesn't make any sense, because it is the equivalent of, you payer mortgage month-to-month and make those piloavements an
with servicing the debt and, many tea partiers and many americans think we can cut out spending on npr and arts funding and foreign aid and that will take care of the debt problem and that is less than 1% of the budget, you have to cut the programs americans don't touched and the democrats keep swearing, oh, we'll never touch medicare and social security, well then we'll have debts and, deficits as far that's eye can see. >> michelle bachmann said she doesn't think we have to raise the...
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critics have long showed npr as slanting liberal. last year they took a grant of more than a million dollars from george soros, the billionaire who supported left-leaning causes and for firing williams after he confessed on fox news that he's uncomfortable when he sees muslim garbed passengers on a plane. the bill passed last month would eliminate funding for public broadcasting by 2013. >> npr is part of the public broadcasting establishment that is attempting to preserve the relatively small amount that it gets for the federal government. it doesn't need another pr headache like this. >> for o'keefe, npr is not his first target. past undercover sting videos of his embarrassed liberal groups like planned parenthood and acorn. he's accused of editing out parts of his interviews. but he says the unedited video is posted on his website. he pleaded guilty last year after being caught trying to access the phone system of democratic senator mary landrieu. last summer he tried to embarrass a former cnn correspondent on a boat set up with s
critics have long showed npr as slanting liberal. last year they took a grant of more than a million dollars from george soros, the billionaire who supported left-leaning causes and for firing williams after he confessed on fox news that he's uncomfortable when he sees muslim garbed passengers on a plane. the bill passed last month would eliminate funding for public broadcasting by 2013. >> npr is part of the public broadcasting establishment that is attempting to preserve the relatively...
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. >> i'm a blogger for npr. i am also part of their social media team, which started off about three years ago, and it was an evangelizing thing, and now we manage the facebook page and npr social media presence as well as cloud experiments. >> the structure of our organization for this conversation, i want to throw out a framework for the program, and that is when i look at media companies and we talk about each individually at various times, when you look at the landscape and you try to evaluate what news organizations are doing, three stocks are at the back -- three stocks are at the back of the envelope. how content is generated, distributed, and been monetize. each of those three areas today, we will have each of the panelists talked about how their organizations see as the trends that have changed in both those categories. the content generation side, when we look at the last five years, how the newsroom hierarchy's have change, where was the hierarchy before, what does it mean in terms of how we get a con
. >> i'm a blogger for npr. i am also part of their social media team, which started off about three years ago, and it was an evangelizing thing, and now we manage the facebook page and npr social media presence as well as cloud experiments. >> the structure of our organization for this conversation, i want to throw out a framework for the program, and that is when i look at media companies and we talk about each individually at various times, when you look at the landscape and you...
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npr's diane rehm joins john to talk about that hidden camera scandal rocking npr right now. and charlie sheen says he's winning. guess what, all we see is a lot of smoking. jeanne moos is next. >> it's radical and the people are doing exactly what they should be doing. i do. ooh! now who wants some free stuff? [ all ] me! snapple. the best diet stuff on earth. of smoking. [ male announcer ] provocative. ♪ unexpected. ♪ defiant. ♪ and just what you need to forge your own path. introducing the most fuel-efficient luxury car available. the radically new... 42 mile per gallon ct hybrid from lexus. ♪ by giving me huge discounts on rooms hotels can't always fill. with unpublished rates. which means i get an even more rockin' hotel, for less. where you book matters. expedia. >>> charlie sheen says he's winning, winning. i don't know if that's true but i know he's smoking, smoking. >> reporter: no one would ever accuse party boy charlie sheen of being a drag. >> facial or -- >> reporter: but he's been doing nothing but dragging on butts, exhaling, streams of smoke. >> hi ya
npr's diane rehm joins john to talk about that hidden camera scandal rocking npr right now. and charlie sheen says he's winning. guess what, all we see is a lot of smoking. jeanne moos is next. >> it's radical and the people are doing exactly what they should be doing. i do. ooh! now who wants some free stuff? [ all ] me! snapple. the best diet stuff on earth. of smoking. [ male announcer ] provocative. ♪ unexpected. ♪ defiant. ♪ and just what you need to forge your own path....
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plus, on "art beat," jeff talks to brooke gladstone, co-host of npr's "on the media" about her new book "the influencing machine." all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. jeff. >> brown: and that's the newshour for tonight. on monday, we'll look at the final day of the supreme court's term, and a ruling on whether violent video games can be sold to minors. i'm jeffrey brown. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: chevron. we may have more in common than you think. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by m
plus, on "art beat," jeff talks to brooke gladstone, co-host of npr's "on the media" about her new book "the influencing machine." all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. jeff. >> brown: and that's the newshour for tonight. on monday, we'll look at the final day of the supreme court's term, and a ruling on whether violent video games can be sold to minors. i'm jeffrey brown. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. "washington week" can...
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i will probably and more out reached npr from the bay area. mayor lee: if i'm smiling, it's because we literally were giving some valuable tips. some of the mayors were asking if it would be polite to hug. you can shake the hand and balance a little bit, but you do not -- it is that kind of tips that allow mayors to be more successful, and they wanted to see whether or not we were organizing a bay area tret -- triop. >> -- trip. >> you referred to the huge economic boom that could accompany the america's cup. most of the economic buzz has been on your side of the bay. i'm wondering if there is a role in the america's cup for oakland. >> of course. >> you can jump in if you want. >> i was actually going to head up on that later. however, -- >> you are not going to steal that vote out there on the barge. >> we want to be part of fleet week. we understand that the admiral ship cannot talk in san francisco, so we would like to have him in oakland. there is a lot of regional, cultural activities. the two cities are still linked together. we are rea
i will probably and more out reached npr from the bay area. mayor lee: if i'm smiling, it's because we literally were giving some valuable tips. some of the mayors were asking if it would be polite to hug. you can shake the hand and balance a little bit, but you do not -- it is that kind of tips that allow mayors to be more successful, and they wanted to see whether or not we were organizing a bay area tret -- triop. >> -- trip. >> you referred to the huge economic boom that could...
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we hate npr, i don't know why they did it. he has been talking about proposals to create jobs in this country, trying to create pressures to go along with his job creation things. road building and school building projects, congressional republicans are saying no, no, no so far to all of those ideas. when the president said today he'd be releasing more larger scale job proposals in september over and above the smaller scale ones the republicans are already saying no to, the response from republican house speaker john boehner's office turned the snark level up to stunned, a spokesman for john boehner tweeting in response, "we really don't need another speech, just a plan on paper, seriously, just drop it in the mail." this is what john boehner is like as speaker of the house. the president announces job creation ideas, he rejects, big job creation plan, the speaker says plan, where is this plan? that's the announcement. when somebody says here comes this plan, you don't respond with where is the plan. who even does that? what i
we hate npr, i don't know why they did it. he has been talking about proposals to create jobs in this country, trying to create pressures to go along with his job creation things. road building and school building projects, congressional republicans are saying no, no, no so far to all of those ideas. when the president said today he'd be releasing more larger scale job proposals in september over and above the smaller scale ones the republicans are already saying no to, the response from...
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shields to yield the balance of this time to the gentleman from antioch -- to the gentlewoman from npr. >> mr. shields is right. you have to have democrats to get a deal in the senate. there are 80 rublicans in the house who say they will not sign anything that has any tax increaeases. the democrats can always filibuster ideal -- filibuster a bad deal in the senate. you have to have a combination of tax increases and cuts to get it to pass either body, and you have to get it t to the floor, and in the housend you have to filibuster and the senate. >> house republicans say a bank at a solution, cut, cap and balance. at what point doeses a reality and rear its ugly head with these people, because it ain't gonna happen? >> i love the way you pe an object of a question, implying the insanity of a republican proposal that passedd the house. i want to remind viewers that this is a fair and balanced program. >> we do our best. we don't have the resources of rupert murdoch and fox news -- [laughter]r] >> but on a shoestriing you introduced a helluva lot of bias. think that if this were a less
shields to yield the balance of this time to the gentleman from antioch -- to the gentlewoman from npr. >> mr. shields is right. you have to have democrats to get a deal in the senate. there are 80 rublicans in the house who say they will not sign anything that has any tax increaeases. the democrats can always filibuster ideal -- filibuster a bad deal in the senate. you have to have a combination of tax increases and cuts to get it to pass either body, and you have to get it t to the...
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npr should do the same. with the national debt over $13 trillion the government should not continue to fund n nonessential services. host: nonessential services being funded in the case of public broadcasting. guest: you have to put it in context. the services we provide are 1/10,000th of 1% of the federal budget. you could him fate all of public public pwrabroadcasting 1,000 t and not affect the deficit. this is not about money. there are much bigger pots of money the congress could identify that would be more availing to them of satisfying their budget challenge. the issue, i think, is to say what should public pwrabroadcas be doing and how it should change going forward? we have been in business 40 years and the american people appreciate it and we have by overwhelming margins been confirmed as the best use of taxpayer dollars second only to national defense. but it is obviously a matter in which we can always be improving our product and we would be happy to with the congress, f.c.c. and administration o
npr should do the same. with the national debt over $13 trillion the government should not continue to fund n nonessential services. host: nonessential services being funded in the case of public broadcasting. guest: you have to put it in context. the services we provide are 1/10,000th of 1% of the federal budget. you could him fate all of public public pwrabroadcasting 1,000 t and not affect the deficit. this is not about money. there are much bigger pots of money the congress could identify...
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why npr? >> my colleague who posed as one of the members of the muslim brotherhood was prty offended with what happened with kwan williams and he suggested looking into that siincident ba in the fall. my other colleague simon temparticular came up with the idea to have a muslim angle since juan william s was fired due to his comments. >> reporter: i spoke to vivian schiller, not related to ron schiller, over the phone. >> the comments made by ron schiller are an affront to this organization and contraire to everything we stand for as a news organization. we stand for open opinions. >> reporter: as head of the fund-raising arm ron schiller is not involved in npr's news operations and his views are not aired on npr. schiller announced last week he was leaving npr for a new job. he did not flinch when the so-called muslim foundation leader says that jews run the med media. critics have long lambasted npr as slanting libberalliberal. it was cite sized for taking a grant of more than a million from
why npr? >> my colleague who posed as one of the members of the muslim brotherhood was prty offended with what happened with kwan williams and he suggested looking into that siincident ba in the fall. my other colleague simon temparticular came up with the idea to have a muslim angle since juan william s was fired due to his comments. >> reporter: i spoke to vivian schiller, not related to ron schiller, over the phone. >> the comments made by ron schiller are an affront to...
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it came thursday night at a seminar where he was asking questions asked to him by npr: >> that drove me to the oxford dix . did he mean motivated by contemptuous and mocking any reporter who has been trained in the business particularly in the newspaper business knows those three qualifys -- qualities are practically obligations. i want to thank mr. keller for the compliment. we like to think we do some real groundbreaking reporting and we don't take things that are handed to us on a plate. and we don't have an agenda as the "new york times" does. a month ago, five weeks ago, mr. keller was at the press club in washington. he was at it again. 0jvj time he went after our chairman and ceo rupert murdoch of news corp, owned -- fox news is owned by news corp. he said we've had a lot of talks since the gabrielle giffords attempted murder, referring to the tucson attempted mur. he says, i make no connection between the guy who shot those people in tucson appear the national discourse. but it is true the national discourse is more polarized and strident than it has been in the past and to s
it came thursday night at a seminar where he was asking questions asked to him by npr: >> that drove me to the oxford dix . did he mean motivated by contemptuous and mocking any reporter who has been trained in the business particularly in the newspaper business knows those three qualifys -- qualities are practically obligations. i want to thank mr. keller for the compliment. we like to think we do some real groundbreaking reporting and we don't take things that are handed to us on a...
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shields yield the balance of his time to the gentlewoman from npr. [laughter] >> mr. shields is right, you have to get the democrats to have a deal in the senate. there are 80 republicans in the house who say they will not sign anything with any tax increase in eight. the democrats can always filibuster a deal in the senate. you have to have a combination of taxes and cuts in order to get it passed either body, and then to get it to the floor, and you have to filibuster in the senate. >> house republicans say they have a solution -- cut, cap and balance. at what point does a reality rear its head with some of these gonna, becausei t ain't happen? >> i love the way you pose an objective question, att ributing insanity it to a republican plan that passed the house. this is a fair and balanced program. >> well, we do our best. we don't have the resources of our barack and fox news -- [laughter] >> but on a shoestring you introduce a lot of bias. cutting is a good idea, capping is a good idea. the balanced budget amendment is a problem, i have a problem with it, joe biden
shields yield the balance of his time to the gentlewoman from npr. [laughter] >> mr. shields is right, you have to get the democrats to have a deal in the senate. there are 80 republicans in the house who say they will not sign anything with any tax increase in eight. the democrats can always filibuster a deal in the senate. you have to have a combination of taxes and cuts in order to get it passed either body, and then to get it to the floor, and you have to filibuster in the senate....
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shields yield the balance of his time to the gentlewoman from npr. [laughter] >> mr. shields is right, you have to get the democrats to have a deal in the senate. there are 80 republicans in the house who say they will not sign anything with any tax increase in eight. the democrats can always filibuster a deal in the senate. you have to have a combination of taxes and cuts in order to get it passed either body, and then to get it to the floor, and you have to filibuster in the senate. >> house republicans say they have a solution -- cut, cap and balance. at what point does a reality rear its head with some of these gonna, becausei t ain't happen? >> i love the way you pose an objective question, att ributing insanity it to a republican plan that passed the house. this is a fair and balanced program. >> well, we do our best. we don't have the resources of our barack and fox news -- [laughter] >> but on a shoestring you introduce a lot of bias. cutting is a good idea, capping is a good idea. the balanced budget amendment is a problem, i have a problem with it, joe biden
shields yield the balance of his time to the gentlewoman from npr. [laughter] >> mr. shields is right, you have to get the democrats to have a deal in the senate. there are 80 republicans in the house who say they will not sign anything with any tax increase in eight. the democrats can always filibuster a deal in the senate. you have to have a combination of taxes and cuts in order to get it passed either body, and then to get it to the floor, and you have to filibuster in the senate....
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but npr said they rejected a check they offered. last year, npr was criticized by conservatives for taking a grant of more than $1 million from george sorros. and for firing analyst juan williams after he confessed on fox news that he's uncomfortable when he sees muslim-garbed passengers on the plane. it would eliminate funding the corporation for public broadcasting by 2013. for o'keeffe, npr is not his first target. past undercover sting videos of his. he's accused of creatively editing out part of his sting interviews. but o'keeffe says the unedited npr video is posted on his website. o'keeffe pleaded guilty last year after being caught trying to access the phone system of mary landrieu. last summer, he even tried to embarrass a former cnn correspondent on a boat set up with sex toys and hidden cameras according to a 13-page planning document. a former o'keeffe associate warned cnn at the last minute. >> cnn did obtain this statement from shiller late last night saying "while the meeting i participated in turned out to be a ruse,
but npr said they rejected a check they offered. last year, npr was criticized by conservatives for taking a grant of more than $1 million from george sorros. and for firing analyst juan williams after he confessed on fox news that he's uncomfortable when he sees muslim-garbed passengers on the plane. it would eliminate funding the corporation for public broadcasting by 2013. for o'keeffe, npr is not his first target. past undercover sting videos of his. he's accused of creatively editing out...
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he doesn't consider talk radio news but will go on npr. a spokesman says the decision is not related to the tucson shootings and was considered before the tragedy saying this is a brand new administration facing a deficit. we're looking at every way to be efficient well. do not think it's appropriate to invest taxpayer resources to support what we see as an entertainment format not a news format. >> it would be very difficult in this day and age to choose between what programs are entertainment and what programs have news. and it's all mixed together these days. >> the governor's office says some are supporting the move others say it's ridiculous. >> they have football as a state n rhode island we have politics here. >> rhode island legend is the former providence mayor turned radio talk show host who served time in prison for racketeering. he says the governor is tuned out. >> the fact is that when you say i will not be available and my staff and my cabinet won't be available, i think that just breeds discontent in the community because p
he doesn't consider talk radio news but will go on npr. a spokesman says the decision is not related to the tucson shootings and was considered before the tragedy saying this is a brand new administration facing a deficit. we're looking at every way to be efficient well. do not think it's appropriate to invest taxpayer resources to support what we see as an entertainment format not a news format. >> it would be very difficult in this day and age to choose between what programs are...
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foor npr. the hire-profile firing of juan williams and republican senators introduced legislation to strip public radio of its public funding. in a statement an executive says the fraudulent organization represented in this video repeatedly pressed us to accept a $5 million check with no strings attached which we repeatedly refused to accept. we are appalled by the comments made by ron schiller in the video. which are contrary to what npr stands for. >> people shoot their mouth off quite a bit, but that's not going to help npr's mission, is it? >> that was chris van cleave reporting from washington. the network put schiller on administrative leave. he was already expected to leave npr in may. >>> they are bracing for aftershocks in japan today following a powerful earthquake there. the epicenter was a coastal town about 200 miles northeast of tokyo. the magnitude 7.2 earthquake was strong enough to literally shake buildings in tokyo. japanese television captured it all. there are no immediate r
foor npr. the hire-profile firing of juan williams and republican senators introduced legislation to strip public radio of its public funding. in a statement an executive says the fraudulent organization represented in this video repeatedly pressed us to accept a $5 million check with no strings attached which we repeatedly refused to accept. we are appalled by the comments made by ron schiller in the video. which are contrary to what npr stands for. >> people shoot their mouth off quite...
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>> and nbc tells the former head of npr, we love you just the way you are. the peacock network offering vivian chiller a new job. the "mystery spot". not a mammal in this household is willing to lay claim to its origin. but now is not the time for blame. now is the time for action. ♪call 1-800-steem. so i've got to take care of my heart. for me cheerios is a good place to start. [ male anuncer ] to keep doing what you love, take re of your heart with cheerios. the whole grain oats can help lower cholesterol. love your heart so yo can do wh you love. does that airline go out of it's way to reward you? it should. because loyalty is a two way street. and when one side gives, the other has to give back. dedicated redcoat customer service. more first class upgrades. miles that don't expire. this isn't benevolence this is our business. the next time an airline asks for yours: ask them first, what they've done to deserve it. >> today, mitt romney will officially throw his hat into the presidential ring again but the former massachusetts governor is already being
>> and nbc tells the former head of npr, we love you just the way you are. the peacock network offering vivian chiller a new job. the "mystery spot". not a mammal in this household is willing to lay claim to its origin. but now is not the time for blame. now is the time for action. ♪call 1-800-steem. so i've got to take care of my heart. for me cheerios is a good place to start. [ male anuncer ] to keep doing what you love, take re of your heart with cheerios. the whole grain...
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. >> npr. >> food stamps. >> reporter: if trimming those programs will rein in spending, they must make up a huge part of the federal budget, right? that's what most americans think. what percentage of the federal budget do you think we spend on foreign aid? >> 40%. >> foreign aid? 20%. >> reporter: a new cnn opinion research poll found most americans think foreign aid makes up 10% of this year's federal budget. reality check? it's not even close. foreign aid 0.6% of the 2010 budget. >> really? wow! yeah, i thought it was like a big thing. >> reporter: so we asked about a few more. government pensions. >> government pensions, that would probably be 10%. >> probably 10%. >> reporter: according to the poll that's what most americans think, but the reality, just 3.5%. >> reporter: npr. >> zero now, right? >> maybe 15. >> reporter: most folks think public broadcasting gets 5% of the federal budget. reality? less than 0.1 of 1%. overall americans believe that foreign aid, government pensions, education, food and housing assistance and public broadcasting account for 52% of the federal budget
. >> npr. >> food stamps. >> reporter: if trimming those programs will rein in spending, they must make up a huge part of the federal budget, right? that's what most americans think. what percentage of the federal budget do you think we spend on foreign aid? >> 40%. >> foreign aid? 20%. >> reporter: a new cnn opinion research poll found most americans think foreign aid makes up 10% of this year's federal budget. reality check? it's not even close. foreign aid...
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going to pay for it, because quite frankly, it costs a billion dollars a day to do this, and to cut npr, that gets you through lunch which is basically their only way for solving our financial problems. martha: you raise two good points christopher. we're going to get to the money in a second. first and remarks what about the charge that conservatives, some of whom were out there saying the president wasn't decisive on this issue, that he was, you know, from traveling in brazil, he wasn't taking this seriously enough, what about that charge? can you turn around now and say this is an overreach? >> well, i would be very careful to generalize that those on the right are the ones urging this president to get into this war somehow. look, i think the left and the right are actually going to find a lot of common ground here. they both look at president obama, who wants to make defense cuts, and they say why are you doing this now? i mean, look, we've heard all the analysts on this morning, the time to act would have been two weeks ago, you do not commit to proceed, with the united states call
going to pay for it, because quite frankly, it costs a billion dollars a day to do this, and to cut npr, that gets you through lunch which is basically their only way for solving our financial problems. martha: you raise two good points christopher. we're going to get to the money in a second. first and remarks what about the charge that conservatives, some of whom were out there saying the president wasn't decisive on this issue, that he was, you know, from traveling in brazil, he wasn't...
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host: you are at npr. guest: i worked on the "addition" -- morning edition" program. host: our caller, tom, is back. caller: how is it going this morning? because of the uprising in africa, why do you think the uprising is so severe now? due to american change and status with the president and everything? give me your notation on by the uprising there in africa and it seems to have been an uprising in the united states. guest: i believe you are referring to the north african countries that have exploded companies, libya, and egypt. something that has caught people by surprise. what you see in places that are frozen in time or the have one autocratic leader, there is not an allegory venue to practice any kind of normal politics where there are -- the views are suppressed. you can take one incident and things will explode. we mentioned this earlier with the episode in tunisia. someone was abuse by police and this touched this off. this is percolating under the surface. as we a scene, it happened in half a dozen countries at least. guest: think also it is the advent of s
host: you are at npr. guest: i worked on the "addition" -- morning edition" program. host: our caller, tom, is back. caller: how is it going this morning? because of the uprising in africa, why do you think the uprising is so severe now? due to american change and status with the president and everything? give me your notation on by the uprising there in africa and it seems to have been an uprising in the united states. guest: i believe you are referring to the north african...
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.- pakistan relationship with npr's steve inskeep, just back from a reporting trip. this is a discussion in pakistan. are we really an independent country or just doing what the united states tells does to do. >> ifill: we look at the pentagon papers, 40 years after the secret study on the escalation of the vietnam war was leaked to the "new york times." >> brown: and former supreme court justice john paul stevens talks about his years on the bench and the shifting dynamics of the court. >> everything has changed over the years. my own view is that there's been a change on the court every time a new member has been appointed. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> oil companies have changed my country. >> oil companies can make a difference. >> we have the chance to build the economy. >> create jobs, keep people healthy, and improve schools. >> ...and our communities. >> in angola chevron helps train engineers, teachers and farmers, launch child's programs. it's not just good business. >> i'm hope
.- pakistan relationship with npr's steve inskeep, just back from a reporting trip. this is a discussion in pakistan. are we really an independent country or just doing what the united states tells does to do. >> ifill: we look at the pentagon papers, 40 years after the secret study on the escalation of the vietnam war was leaked to the "new york times." >> brown: and former supreme court justice john paul stevens talks about his years on the bench and the shifting...